A port in Jasper County located on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River is economically viable, according to the top economic expert at a leading global infrastructure firm.
“Demand does support the development of the Jasper terminal,” said Walter Kemmsies, according to The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier.
Kemmsies is chief economist at Moffat & Nichol [...]
A Jasper Port Is Viable? Duh!
Georgia Lawmakers Approve $50M For Port
Georgia lawmakers approved $50 million in additional funding this week for the state’s Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) – a massive $652 million taxpayer-funded endeavor which received a key shot in the arm from S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley in 2011.
The project aims to deepen the Savannah River from 42 to 47 feet to accommodate the [...]
A “Vote Against Jasper?”
NIKKI HALEY’S PORT HYPOCRISY IS ASTOUNDING
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley didn’t just drop the ball when it came to this year’s budget vetoes, she was (surprise, surprise) a total hypocrite about it.
Not only did Haley veto a meager $60-70 million out of a $23 billion budget (one quarter of one percent of the state’s spending plan), [...]
Port Expansion: Baltimore Helps Itself
… WHILE SOUTH CAROLINA HELPS GEORGIA
The Port of Baltimore will enhance its competitive position along the Eastern Seaboard when it installs four new super-sized container cranes this week. These cranes – designed to handle containers from the next generation of super-large Post-Panamax container ships – will be installed at a new 50-foot berth at the Seagirt [...]
Kevin Bryant Blocks Port Deal
S.C. Sen. Kevin Bryant (R-Anderson) is blocking a proposal that would fund $120 million of a $300 million dredging project for Charleston Harbor with borrowed dollars – and vowing to filibuster the plan on the floor of the State Senate.
“My folks expect not only a good voting record, they expect you to lay down in [...]
“In The City They Call Long Beach”
There are two ways to run a port.
The first way is for government to own and manage the infrastructure – which is the “way it’s always been done” here in South Carolina.
The second way is for the state to retain ownership of the port infrastructure, but permit private companies to invest in and manage the [...]
Bitch Slapped!
HOUSE VOTES 111-0 AGAINST NIKKI HALEY’S “SAVANNAH RIVER SELLOUT”
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley was unanimously rebuked by the S.C. House of Representatives on Wednesday for her controversial appeasement of the state of Georgia’s port expansion plans.
By a stunning 111-0 vote, the House approved a resolution that “suspends the authority of the South Carolina Department of Health [...]
Nikki Haley’s Middle School Musical
In the wake of a legislative whitewash of her “Savannah River Sellout,” S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley went on the offensive Thursday – alleging that Senate hearings into her recent betrayal of our state’s economic and environmental interests were nothing more than a political circus engineered by her 2010 gubernatorial opponent.
Last month, Haley’s appointees to the [...]
Georgia To Nikki Haley: “Hang Tough, Girlfriend”
The paper of record in Savannah, Georgia is urging S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley to “hang tough” in response to the flood of criticism she has received for her flagrant sellout of South Carolina’s economic and environmental best interests.
Not only that, in an editorial published on Tuesday, The Savannah Morning News went so far as to [...]
SC Port Sellout: Sounds Of Silence
As the outrage builds over S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s sellout of the Palmetto State’s economic and environmental interests vis-a-vis the approval of a controversial Georgia port project … critical questions are being met with a troubling silence.
The most deafening “inaudibility?” The silence coming from the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC), whose board [...]
